New Zealand's Sacha Jones has decided to play for Australia, the New Zealand Herald reports. Tennis New Zealand chief executive Steve Johns said the 21-year-old's decision was "totally out of the blue. We were very surprised, a bit shocked, disappointed—all those emotions I think she'd made up her mind but we certainly did try and get her to change her mind. There's been a reasonable amount of money invested in Sacha's career. But we quickly realized that she's a professional athlete and, yes, while we'd like New Zealand to feature in her plans, at the end of the day she's looking after the best interests of her career."
Jones is currently ranked No. 274. Her father is Australian.